While isolated in a residential care home during the pandemic without visitors. Maisie (Claudia Lindemann) is elderly, alone and refuses to talk. During a series of internal monologues, Young Maisie (Sophie Colquhoun) narrates the pleasures of youth when her deceased sisters, Alice (Lisa Ronaghan) and Lily (Helen Mae Austin) arrive from past memories to confront a life of lust and heartache.
Writer/Director: Cameron Lee Horace
Executive Producer: Sophie Colquhoun
Produced by: Lorna Lizzie & Lee Andrew Neil
Assistant Director: Richard Holmes
Director of Photography: Jordan Adcock
Assistant Camera: Lauren Nicholls
Sound Recordist & Sound Mixer: Philip Quinton
Production Assistant: Lee Andrew Neil
Editor: Phillip Hockley
Principal Colourist & Colour Grade: Heinz Donnelly Schmit
Assistant Editor, Tailer Editor & Colour Grade: Lily May James
Original Film Score Composed by: Guy Naden
Trailer Music by: Jake R. Sanderson - Royalty Free Music
Young Maisie.....................Sophie Colquhoun
James................................Joe Snape
Lily......................................Helen Mae Austen
Alice....................................Lisa Ronaghan
Elderly Maisie.....................Claudia Lindermann
Teenage Maisie..................Eva Salotti
Frank...................................Andy Anson
Dennis.................................Oskar Policha
"Sophie Colquhoun’s performance is highly commendable - her ability to portray brazen mischievousness is highly entertaining. A captivating watch from the get-go." - Short Films Matter
"The Other Woman presents its titular figure not as a shameful character, but a proud one, with a life she charted out for herself." - Indieshortsmag
"Thoughtful and ambitious storytelling" - Lee Morgan, Devon & Cornwall Film
"Colquhoun is entertaining and emotional as an individual who went through a lifetime of no-strings-attached involvements with men who were already taken. Proud of her actions, feeling no regrets." - UK Film Review
Official Selections & Screenings 2023/24:
- Fastnet Film Festival, Schull (Republic of Ireland) - Official Selection (May 2023)
- Phoenix Arts Cinema, Leicester (UK) - Cinema Screening (June 2023)
- North East International Film Festival, Newcastle (UK) (BIFA Qualifying Festival) - Official Selection (September 2023)
- The 17th Waterford International Film Festival (Republic of Ireland) - Official Selection ( November 2023)
- The Soho London Independent Film Festival (UK) - Official Selection (January 2024)
- Northampton Film Festival 2024 - (UK) - Official Selection (March 2024)
- Fish Eye Film Festival 2024 - (UK) - Official Selection (April 2024)
- Brighton Rocks International Film Festival 2024 - (UK) (BIFA Qualifying Festival) - Official Selection (June 2024)
More information on IMDb:
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The Other Woman has been assessed against and has passed the BFI's Diversity Standards for short films.
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